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Artists›Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg

Dutch, 1883–1931

WA-00014858

PaintingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

108

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ160422

MoMA

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated· 88%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6076
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Theo van Doesburg yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rijksmuseum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (54)

Composition from Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art (Art d'aujourd'hui, maîtres de l'art abstrait), Album I

1953 · One from a portfolio of sixteen screenprint reproductions

composition: 13 3/8 × 13" (34 × 33 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 19 5/16" (63.9 × 49 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Simultaneous Counter-Composition

1929 · Oil on canvas

19 1/2 x 19 1/2" (49.5 x 49.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Simultaneous Counter-Composition

1929 · Oil on canvas

19 3/4 x 19 5/8" (50.1 x 49.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

De Stijl NB stationery postcard (Addressed to Del Marle)

1927 · Letterpress

3 5/8 × 5 5/8" (9.2 × 14.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preliminary color scheme for floor and long walls of dance hall in Café Aubette, Strasbourg, France

1927 · Ink, gouache, and metallic gouache on paper

21 x 14 3/4" (53.3 x 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

De Stijl NB stationery envelope

1926 · Letterpress

5 × 6" (12.7 × 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

De Stijl NB stationery note paper

1926 · Letterpress

5 3/16 × 8 3/16" (13.2 × 20.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

De Stijl NB stationery note paper

1926 · Letterpress

8 1/4 × 5 3/16" (21 × 13.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

De Stijl NB stationery

8 5/8 x 10 7/8" (21.9 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Preliminary color scheme for ceiling and short walls of dance hall in Café Aubette, Strasbourg, France

1926 · Ink and gouache on paper

10 3/4 x 24 3/4" (27.3 x 62.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Counter-Composition VI

1925 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 500 x 500 mm frame: 690 x 691 x 80 mm

Tate

De Stijl NB stationery envelope (Addressed to Jean Badovici)

1925 · Letterpress

5 × 6 1/8" (12.7 × 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Counter-Composition VIII

1924 · Oil on canvas

101 × 101 cm (39 3/4 × 39 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

De Stijl NB stationery envelope

1924 · Letterpress

5 × 6 1/8" (12.7 × 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

De Stijl NB letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici from van Doesburg)

1924 · Letterpress

11 1/4 × 8 3/4" (28.6 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

De Stijl NB stationery

1924 · Letterpress

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

What is Dada? (Wat is Dada?) (Information booklet)

1923 · Letterpress

Museum of Modern Art

Study for a Composition

1923 · Gouache and ink on tissue paper and pen and ink on paper

11 5/8 x 9 5/8" (29.5 x 24.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Contra-construction in a Circle

1923 · Gouache, ink, and pencil on paper

21 x 18 1/2 (53.3 x 46.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Design for a stained-glass window for Christian ULO School, Rehobôth te Drachten

1922 · Gouache and pencil on paper

13 1/4 x 13 5/8" (35 x 34.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hagemeijer & Co. stationery calling card

1919 · Letterpress

2 3/8 × 4 7/8" (6 × 12.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hagemeijer & Co. letterhead

1919 · Letterpress

10 3/4 × 8 3/8" (27.3 × 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hagemeijer & Co. stationery envelope

1919 · Letterpress

4 15/16 × 6 1/16" (12.5 × 15.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

54 published of 105 catalogued · 89 with image

MoMA
49 publishedof 100 catalogued84 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

‘Colour solution’
— · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Counter-Composition VI
1925 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Art Institute of Chicago

Wikipedia

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Collaborators1

Gerrit Rietveld

Influence1

Gerrit Rietveldinfluence

Peers & Context1

Gerrit Rietveldsame movement

Movements1

Expressionism

Collections5

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rijksmuseum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

Network

Related Artists

Gerrit Rietveld

Furniture

influenced

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No exhibitions or timeline entries yet